Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 139-145 , March 2010

Breast Cancer Screening Practices and Correlates Among American Indian and Alaska Native Women in California, 2003

  • Jan M. Eberth, MSPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Jan M. Eberth, MSPH, NCI Predoctoral Fellow, Division of Epidemiology and Disease Control, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, School of Public Health, 7000 Fannin, Suite 2510I, Houston, TX 77098. Phone: 713-500-9770; fax: 713-500-9750.
    • ,
  • John Charles Huber Jr., PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, Texas
    • ,
  • Antonio Rene, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Texas A&M Health Science Center, School of Rural Public Health, College Station, Texas

Received 30 April 2009 ,Revised 7 December 2009 ,Accepted 16 December 2009.

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 Author Descriptions

 Jan Eberth is the recipient of a National Cancer Institute Cancer Education and Career Development Predoctoral Fellowship (National Cancer Institute/NIH Grant #2R25-CA057712). The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Cancer Institute or the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S1049-3867(09)00175-3

doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2009.12.004

Women's Health Issues
Volume 20, Issue 2 , Pages 139-145 , March 2010

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